The Persian Circle cordially invites you to this week’s session:
Dr. Farrokh Asadi presents “Judith”
a film adaptation of Bertolt Brecht’s “The Jewish Wife” that he directed. The film is 52 min. long and in English. It was selected by and premiered in Brazil’s International Brecht Symposium this past May, 2013 (see the website for the Director’s Note). It is an honor to have him speak for us, and I hope to see many of you there!
Wednesday, Oct. 2 at 5:00pm
Pick 222
5828 South University Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
Judith, Director’s Note FARSI; Judith 2013
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کامران
Dear friends and followers of the Persian Circle,
Welcome back to another year of exciting talks, presentations, and discussions! My name is Cameron Cross and, with the help of my co-conspirator Maryam Sabbaghi, I’ll be managing the program for this year. If any of you are new, the Persian Circle is a weekly event that takes place at the University of Chicago, where we host local and visiting scholars, artists, intellectuals, and researchers to come and share their interests with us in an informal and informative series of lectures in Persian. Our weekly meeting time this year will be Wednesdays, 5:00–7:00pm in 218 / 222 Pick Hall, 5828 South University Avenue. Below is a list of our upcoming speakers:
- 10/2/2013: Farrokh Asadi
- 10/9/2013: Richard and JoAnn Beal
- 10/16/2013: Maryam Sepehri & Anita Alkhas
- 10/23/2013: Kaveh Ehsani
- 10/30/2013: Richard Payne
- 11/6/2013: Mehrnaz Saeedvafa
Individual announcements for each speaker will be posted the week prior. I look forward to seeing you, and stay tuned for updates!
Mokhles,
Cameron (کامران)
Please remember to keep checking our “News and Announcements” page for a list of upcoming events! Also, we have a number of talks which have been recorded in the past few months, and we will soon resume posting them to this site. Apologies for the hiatus.
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For those who attended Barbara Scharres’ excellent talk earlier today – and for those who missed out! – we encourage you to go to the Gene Siskel Film Center over the next couple weeks, and to watch some of the great Iranian films that they’re showing. You can find details about the Center’s Festival of Films from Iran at the link below.
http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/iran2012
The “About” and “News and Announcements” pages have been updated for the beginning of the 2012-13 academic year. We have a number of upcoming lectures and presentations, all of which promise to be interesting and provoke lively discussion, and we hope that you will be able to join us on Wednesday evenings throughout the year.
We plan to record as many of this year’s lectures as possible and to post links to the recordings on this blog, as has been done in the past. So you can check this site frequently for news and schedule updates, as well as to listen to lectures that you were unable to attend in person.
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